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Exploration and Colonization
This unit focuses on the factors that caused the explorers to reach out and find new places. As students examine the colonization of America, they will analyze the causes and conditions of colonization. Students will focus most of their energy on culture and conflicts of this time period. Students will also learn about life in the 13 English colonies.
American Revolution
Students will explore the American cultural climate as they take a closer look at education, religion, government and foreign policies that escalated to a war for independence from Britain. The students will also examine the birth of our national government and all the struggles the founding fathers faced to create a system that led to the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness.
Birth of a Country
As the students learn about the birth of our country, they will discover the foundational views of the founding fathers as they wrote the Articles of Confederation and then the Constitution. The students will learn how the Constitution has shaped the way our government operates. They will learn about the relationship between the three branches of government. One of the activities the students will participate in is Constitutional Issues Debates. Students will research an issue relating to a constitutional right and present a speech using supporting evidence to persuade.
Slavery, Expansion, Removal and Reform, Civil War and Reconstruction
Students examines the forces and condition leading up to the outbreak of the Civil War and through the period of Reconstruction in our country. Special emphasis is placed on the development of sectionalism in the country, with an ever widening gap in beliefs, ways of life, and economics.
Students take a closer look at the beliefs, tensions, conditions and sectional differences present prior to, during and after the civil war. During this unit, students can expect to learn more about the cultural climate of the North, South and West as they study the key events and occurrences from the time of sectionalism to reconstruction. Students will complete a Civil War Letters Project during their study of the Civil War.
Students take a closer look at the beliefs, tensions, conditions and sectional differences present prior to, during and after the civil war. During this unit, students can expect to learn more about the cultural climate of the North, South and West as they study the key events and occurrences from the time of sectionalism to reconstruction. Students will complete a Civil War Letters Project during their study of the Civil War.
Development and Struggles in the West, Industrialization, Immigration
Students will learn about the driving factors in America's race to claim all the land possible to make the phrase "from sea to shining sea" a great descriptor of America. Students will learn about moments of conflict and cooperation at home and abroad. They will also learn about the culture of groups of people migrating west and immigrating to our country and the technology that improved transportation and industrialization across the country.
Progressive Era
Students learn about the ideas and beliefs of Americans in the Progressive Era. They learn how Americans reformed our country, resulting in our government playing a larger role in improving our social conditions as a society.